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Rebecca Ajulu-Bushell will join the African Cultural Studies’ graduate program this fall. In the meantime, she has written an essay titled, “Hegematic America, describing her experience as a black foreign national living in the United …

Dr. Jacqueline Mougoué‘s book, Gender, Separatist Politics, and Embodied Nationalism in Cameroon, has been included in a summer reading list published by The Washington Post. The “African Politics Summer Reading Spectacular” features wide-ranging topics that …

Dr. Jacqueline Mougoué‘s work titled, Gender, Separatist Politics, and Embodied Nationalism in Cameroon has been awarded best monograph in the field of history published by a Western Association of Women Historians (WAWH) member. The WAWH’s Francis …

Dr. Jacqueline Mougoué has been awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research in West Africa by the West African Research Association (WARA) for her project, “Transnational Histories, Nodes of Encounter, and Belonging in Africa.” The fellowship …

Esther Eruchalu earned an African Studies undergraduate student paper award for her work titled, “Afrofuturism Genre in Addressing Concerns Specifically in the United States.” The paper was given a second place honor. In fall of …

Dr. Jacquline Mougoué has accepted a position on the Editorial Advisory Board for Feminist Africa. Feminist Africa is “the continental home of Pan-Africanism and African Studies for Africans” and has been re-established at the University …

Dr. Thompson will study the formation of inclusive communities through the language used in progressive Muslim groups. The project won National Endowment for the Humanities backing in an extremely competitive environment. According to the organization, …

Dr. Samuel England has been awarded a 2020 Summer Humanities Research Fellowship (SHRF) at the Institute for Research in the Humanities. The SHRF program and workshop support recently tenured humanities faculty in pursuing “the next …

Dr. Jacqueline-Bethel Mougoué has been awarded a 2020 Summer Humanities Research Fellowship (SHRF) at the Institute for Research in the Humanities. The SHRF program and workshop support recently tenured humanities faculty in pursuing “the next big …